Category Archives: Reconstruction and Development

Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited the central Bamyan province earlier to inaugurate the Bamyan airport and Bamyan-Kabul road as scores of people staged demonstrations against the government in the city. The demonstration was organized by the supporters of the Enlightenment Movement which was formed to protest against the change of a major power project route which was

VOA News Ayaz Gul August 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The leaders of Afghanistan and India have vowed to continue their joint efforts to “overcome terror and extremism” facing the two nations. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated the resolve Monday during a video conference inaugurating the newly-restored Storay (Star) Palace,

The Economic Times: Currently Daftar houses four startups and Fatimie says the co-working space is in negotiation with another three to join. ACE also has a small start up fund/micro venture fund to help the startups. Big marquee VCs and investors are missing, which means no Sequoia, Accel or Tiger, and it is mainly donor fundings

Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has cancelled the contracts for 3 dams and has ordered the Ministry of Energy and Water to launch a new and speedy process for the completion of the remaining works of the dams. Click here to read more (external link).

Tolo News: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has helped Afghanistan’s Kabul Municipality develop a simpler, more efficient construction permit system that will significantly cut red tape and processing times, and increase private investment in the city’s construction sector. The initiative, the result of a partnership between IFC and Kabul Municipality signed in 2014, is

Khaama Press: The Afghan government signed another contract for the construction of a dam in western Farah province of Afghanistan. The Minister of Energy and Water Ali Ahmad Osmani said the reservoir of the Dam will have a capacity of 1,360 million cubic meter and the construction work will be completed in 18 months. He said the Dam

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: On the eastern edge of Kabul is a modern housing development that once embodied everything the city hoped to become as international aid and investment poured into the Afghan economy. The neat rows of trim bungalows and towering villas, dotted with a high-rise complex and a new mosque, went up quickly, with

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 9, 2016 The U.S. government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan says the United States has wasted billions of dollars in reconstruction aid to Afghanistan during the past decade — and renewed Taliban militancy now threatens the gains that were made. John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), told

Tolo News: The Afghan Minister of Energy and Water and a Turkish company on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the extension of the Kajaki Dam in Helmand. The hydropower dam currently produces 33 megawatts of electricity but once extended it will provide up to 150 megawatts. Click here to read more (external link). Related